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International
12/21/2022 8:23:37 PM
The head of the World Health Organization said the agency is ``very concerned'' about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease across China after the country largely abandoned its "zero COVID'' policy, warning that its lagging vaccination rate could result in large numbers of vulnerable people getting infected.
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World
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Region
9/12/2022 7:07:54 PM
The EU's medicines watchdog on Monday approved a vaccine specifically targeting the new and infectious types of the Omicron variant amid fears of a new wave of winter infections.
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World
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International
8/31/2022 6:26:16 PM
US health officials on Wednesday authorized updated Covid-19 vaccinations by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech that specifically target the latest strains of the Omicron variant, with the goal of jump-starting a new booster campaign.
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World
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International
4/13/2022 8:45:01 PM
A Covid-19 vaccine effective against multiple variants is possible before the end of 2022, the head of US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said Wednesday.
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World
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International
3/23/2022 5:59:08 PM
US biotech firm Moderna on Wednesday said it was pursuing regulatory approval for its Covid vaccine in children under six years old after the two-shot regimen was found to be safe and produced a strong immune response.
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World
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International
2/23/2022 6:40:20 PM
The World Health Organization is creating a global training center to help poorer countries make vaccines, antibodies and cancer treatments using the messenger RNA technology that has successfully been used to make COVID-19 vaccines.
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World
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International
2/8/2022 8:00:45 PM
The EU's medicines watchdog said Tuesday it has started to evaluate Pfizer/BionTech's coronavirus vaccine to booster children aged 12 to 15 years.
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Business
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Tech
1/25/2022 7:38:02 PM
Vaccine maker BioNTech, Google and rail firm Deutsche Bahn are among the companies investing in African-founded artificial intelligence company InstaDeep.
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World
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International
1/25/2022 5:25:34 PM
Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron variant.
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Egypt
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Health
1/19/2022 9:07:17 PM
Egypt’s embassy in Beijing hosted on Wednesday via videoconference a ceremony for signing a cooperation agreement between Egypt's VACSERA and China's Sinovac Biotech, the foreign ministry announced.
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World
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Region
12/27/2021 3:29:35 PM
An Israeli hospital launched a clinical trial Monday on the impact of a fourth shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, as the health ministry weighs a national fourth jab rollout.
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Life & Style
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Health
12/23/2021 11:40:40 AM
Two new British studies provide some early hints that the omicron variant of the coronavirus may be milder than the delta version.
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World
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International
12/14/2021 9:44:34 PM
Pfizer said Tuesday that clinical trials confirmed its Covid pill -- a new type of treatment that should withstand the mutations seen with Omicron -- drastically reduced hospitalizations and deaths among at-risk people by almost 90 percent.
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World
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International
12/8/2021 6:46:45 PM
Two doses of the BioNTech and Pfizer coronavirus vaccine may not be enough to protect against the Omicron variant, the companies warned Wednesday but stressed it was "still effective" after a third jab.
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World
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International
11/22/2021 6:14:50 PM
Pfizer and BioNTech said Monday their Covid-19 vaccine remained 100 percent effective in children 12 to 15 years old, four months after the second dose.
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World
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International
11/3/2021 9:55:09 AM
The United States can now start giving children aged 5-11 the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid vaccine, US health authorities said Tuesday in a move hailed by President Joe Biden as a "turning point" in the fight against the pandemic.
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Egypt
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Health
10/30/2021 10:52:38 PM
Cairo International Airport received on Saturday a total of 3,634,020 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from the US, the fourth and largest shipment of this vaccine to reach the country since late September.
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Life & Style
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Health
10/25/2021 5:33:43 PM
Moderna said Monday that a low dose of its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-year-olds, as the manufacturer moves toward expanding shots to children.
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World
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Africa
10/20/2021 7:41:14 PM
South Africa has started giving COVID-19 vaccinations to adolescents aged between 12 and 17 years, with a goal of inoculating at least 6 million people from this age group.
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World
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International
10/20/2021 5:41:34 PM
The US is prepared to start vaccinating children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 starting next month, a move that will make 28 million more Americans eligible for shots, the White House said Wednesday.
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